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Cristallo Caffè
( 0464 55 38 44;
www.cristallogelateria.com
;
Piazza Catena 11; cones €2.50; 7-1am)
Over 60 fla-
vours of artisanal ice cream served in giant sundaes. This is also a good spot for a spritz
with views across the lake.
GELATO
€
Osteria Le Servite
( 0464 55 74 11;
www.leservite.com
; Via Passirone 68, Arco; meals €30-45; 7-10.30pm Tue-Sun
Apr-Sep, 7-10.30pm Thu-Sun Oct-Mar; )
Tucked away amid Arco's vineyards is this eleg-
ant little
osteria
where Alessandro and his wife serve
mimosa
gnocchi, tender
salmerino
and pork fillet with grape must. In summer you can sit out on the patio sipping small-pro-
duction DOC Trentino wines.
OSTERIA, GARDESE
€€
Trattoria Piè di Castello
( 0464 52 10 65;
www.piedicastello.it
;
Via al Cingol Ros 38, Tenno; meals €20-25; noon-2.30pm &
7-10pm Wed-Mon; )
Come here for the typical Trentino dish,
carne salata
: salted beef
tenderised in herb-infused brine in a ceramic dish and served with various pickled side
dishes. It's been around since the Middle Ages.
TRENTINO
€€
WORTH A TRIP
LAGO DI LEDRO
From Riva, follow first the SP37 and then the SS240 as they wind their way west up the mountains,
past olive groves and vine-lined terraces. Around 11km from Riva the road flattens and Lago di Ledro
comes into view. Only 2.5km long and 2km wide, this diminutive lake sits at an altitude of 650m, set
in a gorgeous valley beneath tree-covered mountains.
Molina di Ledro
is at the lake's eastern end,
where tiny thatched huts line up beside a string of beaches and boat-hire pontoons. Stay at the glass-
and-timber ecolodge
Hotel Elda
(
0464 59 10 40;
www.hotelelda.com
;
Via 3 Giugno 3; s
€70-120, d €94-160;
)
.
Malcesine
POP 3650
With the lake lapping right up to the tables of its harbourside restaurants and the vast ridge
of Monte Baldo looming behind, Malcesine is another Garda hot spot. Like Riva del
Garda and Torbole, it is a windsurfing centre and its streets are cobbled with thousands of
